Paracobitis molavii Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 10

Paracobitis molavii Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 [N]—Molavi’s crested loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Paracobitis molavii Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014: 25 , figs. 15– 18 [Sulaymaniyah Province, Zalm at Khurmal, 35°18.38’N, 45°58.26’E, Iraq; holotype: ZFMK 56826 ].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2014: 25, figs. 15–18) .

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Freyhof et al. (2014).—Iraq materials: ZFMK, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Tigris River basin ( Iran and Iraq).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with slow to fast-flowing freshwater. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.